Trillhaase: Why Is Hart On Rev & Tax?

Eventually State Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, is going to pay his taxes. For now, that’s a matter for the Board of Tax Appeals and/or the courts. The State Tax Commission says he’s behind $53,000. Hart is entitled to a presumption of innocence. Considering he draws a state paycheck and benefits, however, you’d hope the day of reckoning is sooner rather than later. But one has to ask: How did a man with his tax issues first get elected to the Idaho Legislature? And why was he assigned to the House Revenue and Taxation Committee?/ Marty Trillhaase , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

Question: If House Republican leaders had the audacity to put Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, on the Revenue & Taxation Committee,  should they be able to demand, with straight faces, that ordinary Idahoans pay their state income tax?